The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-25
Farm Notes.


A Washtenaw county michigan Warmer last
winter fed 500 pounds of beets to his cows, get
ting much richer cream than during the time ne
fed no beets. He thought his COWS gave twice
the amount of butter.
One of the easiest ways of keeping a poultry
yard clean is to give it frequent dressing OF
clean sand. The sand is also good for the fowls.
as they need certain amount OF gritty ma
terial.
Swift "And he gave it for his opinion that
whoever would make two ears of corn or two
blades of grass to grow upon spot or ground
where only grew before, would deserve better
of mankind, and do essential service to his
country than the whole race of politicians put
together"
A we'll known Western fruit grower, D. B.
Wer advises TO plant Siberian crab trees in
close lines, say SIX feet apart In a row, and
never to pruEe them. Under these conditions,
he claims they will escape the FIRE blight, which
now so commonly injuries them. Inc ADVICE Is
founded on experience.
A Maine woman, who takes pleasure in her
poultry. has adopted simple but excellent
method for keeping her chickens at home She
ties a small corn cob TO one Leg allowing it to
dangle at a distance of about six inches. The
fowl can scratch and get about with ease. hut,
it is said. will not attempt to fly over palines
squeeze through crack.
Just before the early pullets begin to lay their
combs will swell and become red. The sign is
valuable one to those who wish to select the
earliest layers from among large number
Simply look close to the comb. The larger and
more scarlet in color the nearer the pullet has
approached to the period hen she is about to
lay, and the comb remains red until she begins
to get broody.
In regard to bran winter food for stock.
Waldo F. Brown says have for many years fed
bran and recommended it to Others and do not
know of any other food so valua BILE in winter to
keep the system in a right condition when stock
dry rations. Bran is for winter feeding
what grass is IN summer-it regulates stomach
and bowels. and enables the animal to better di-
gess and assipilate the other food eaten. l
would not ATTEMPT TO winter yearling colts and
calves without bran each day. unless had
supply of carrots for them. also find it valua-
bic in fattening hogs, and consider that there Is
much less risk of cnolera or other diseases when
the diet is part bran than il all corn.
The Hon. w. L. Weber of Saginaw, having
very high bred Holstein bull that was vicious
and dangerous to manage, resolved to try de-
horning in The hope that his bad temner might
be subdued we'll as the animal rendered more
safe to handle The animal was placed in a
strong pen and confined that he unable
to move. and q veterinary doctor removed the
horns in a short time with fine saw, taking
them off close to the head. It had been thought
by some that the animal would bleed to death.
hut on the contrary there was very little hem
orrhage and the animal apparently suffered lit
tie pain. Although manitesting considerable
irritability before the operation. after it was
completed he was changed and made no demon
stratiou toward attendants. The doctor believes
there will be no trouble in the head healing per-
fectly.
It pays best to fatten and market hogs young.
This is statement of an almost universally
in ten of orr farmers realize fully how much
more cheaply pigs be fatsensd in their
younger months Professor San born, of the
Missouri Agricultural College, has recently
made series OF very careful experiments in
feeding swine which brings out the difference
in amount of food required by pigs of different
ages very clearly. He says good thrifty shoat
weighing fifty pounds, it properly fed will gain
one pound per day hog weighing $50 pounds
will require twice much food the pig of
fifty pounds make it gain the pound
day. In othsr words. there is twice as much
profit in the food fed to the shoat as in the same
moral is, grow pigs quickly to reasonable
weight. and sell them instead OF trying TO make
very heavy hogs.
preventing decay in fruit through autumn
and winter, is to preserve uni
formly low Temperatures If changing and
fuctuating they quickly rot. Currents of air
are bad, because they make changes in tempera-
ture. We find that apples keep longer in winter
by merely wrapping each specimen in tissue
paper and thus excluding air. Hence the adj
vantage of packing in any soft. powdered SUD-
stance dry sawdust. bran, ground plaster. or
bedding in moss. On large scale this cannot
be done. and large fruit-rooms must therefore
be kept cool without changes of air. Much may
be accomplished by ventating windows, ad-
hitting cold air in the night. and excluding
warm air in the daytime by closing them.
Piles and pears, and also to grapes They would
also apply to small and perishahle fruits. If it
were an object to keep them, but the common
practice IS to consume them while fresh.
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